In recent months, members of the State Duma and prominent Russian conservatives have turned against one of the central figures of Soviet childhood — Cheburashka. This apparently ridiculous culture war ...

Cheburashka, a fun, furry, fictional animal with large ears that are as big as his head, is celebrating his 50th birthday. Join RBTH as we explore some interesting trivia behind one of Russia’s most ...

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Within nine days of its January 1 wide release, the live-action/animated hybrid feature Cheburashka became the highest-grossing local film in Russian box office history. A few days later, it passed ...

Russia’s domestic box office has a rare smash hit. “Cheburashka 2,” this year’s sequel to the 2023 live-action film adapting Soviet writer Eduard Uspensky’s beloved “animal unknown to science” (as the ...

MOSCOW, May 26. /TASS/. The family comedy Cheburashka was released in all Middle Eastern countries in English with Arabic subtitles for local audiences, a senior distribution manager said. "One of our ...

Cheburashka and Gena the crocodile will join paintings, drawings and decorative art works at an auction of Russia and Soviet art of the 20th century. The original puppets that played the main “parts” ...

Fourth animation about Gena and Cheburashka. Gena finds out that Cheburashka is unable to read. Luckily, the next day is September 1, the first day of school, and Gena decides to take Cheburashka to ...

MOSCOW, February 1. /TASS/. The Cheburashka family comedy movie will be released across the Middle East in March, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Soyuzmultfilm animation studio Yuliana ...

In America, the beloved cartoon character Mickey Mouse has had nearly a century of shows, books, films, amusement parks—and now an upcoming exhibition—to make a lasting impression across generations ...